October! - Thompson Nicola Area

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Herbert Schmear – a Halloween Tale. Heather Shannon shared this fun Halloween story at an Area training in 2005. Notes: Read the story in a very dark room ...
October! Thompson Nicola Area - Program

October 2011

Days of Interest October 7 – Girl Guides Night at the Kamloops Blazers October 10 – Thanksgiving October 22 – Sears Cookie

Outside Ideas for October

Day

Even though the days are

please send me other

growing colder and shorter,

suggestions for future

– Camp

that is no reason why we

newsletters.

Selhowtkan

October 31 – Halloween November 11 –

should not be taking out

Remembrance Day

girls outside. We all know that they enjoy the outdoor activities so why not take advantage of the fall weather and get outside. One of the easiest ways to enjoy the outdoors is to take

Lower Flume Trail

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Kenna Cartwright

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Wildlife Park trail

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McConnell Lake

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Riverside Park trail

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North Thompson

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Chinese Cemetary

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Neskonlith Park

Park ·

the girls on a hike/nature walk. Here is a list of a

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number of hiking locations

Dalls/Barnhartvale

(Chase/Adams

Nature Trail

Lake)

Sifton Loop

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MacArthur Island

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Elks Camp –

(Aberdeen)

in our Area. This list is nowhere near complete –

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Peterson Creek

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Tunkwa Resort –

Camping Option Contents Herbert Schmear

Last October at the Area 2

Quick International Ideas 3

cabins

Guider weekend, attendees locations where they had

(Merritt) ·

camped. Here is the list Pathfinder – Night Scavenger Hunt

that they prepared – 3

Craft Corner – Yarn Spider 4 Music Moment - Ghosties 5

Harmon Lake

brainstormed about different

hopefully you may find a site

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campsite ·

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North Thompson – group campsite

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Jandana Ranch

Camp Arbuckle –

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Knauf Lake Resort

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Camp Olave

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Pine Park –

Ruckle Point – Scouts

Clearwater Ski Hill Paul Lake – group

Vernon/Monashee

Monashee

that inspires you to take the girls camping.

Tillicum – GGC

Tranquille ·

McQueen Lake

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Camp Grafton

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Botanie Valley

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Bush Creek – East Barriere Lake – Scouts

(Lytton Band)

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Hat Creek Ranch

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OCTOBER!

Herbert Schmear – a Halloween Tale Heather Shannon shared

I have with me the man’s

This sound should meet a

this fun Halloween story at

remains. Of them, I pass

heart of stone. This

an Area training in 2005.

you now his brains (cooked

mournful rattle of Schmear’s

cold spaghetti/worms in

bones (rattle

Notes:

bowl)

chains/necklace)

Read the story in a very

His eyes were blue and his

And if all of this has given

dark room, using a flashlight

skin was fair. Soft and silky

you a start, please be gentle

to read each verse.

was his hair. (wig)

as we pass this old man’s

Turn

out the lights when passing each item around. Leaders should be evenly

heart. (carved sponge – Herbert wishes that he could

slightly damp or gummy

look. Upon your face as we

lips)

pass his foot. (fake foot)

spaced around the circle and

“Listen my children and you will hear about a murder, which happened here….”

Now this is the end of

have 2 sets of items/props

An Old man he could barely

Herbert Schmear. We’ll put

going left and right around

hear. Caress now, poor

him away until this time

the circle at the same time –

Herbert’s ear. (dried

next year!

coming to a Leader at the

apricot)

half way point from each side of the Guider reading

And as they stretch the blow

the story. She should have

unheard. This windpipe

a bag to put the items into

passed out Schmear’s last

so that the children don’t

word. (rope licorice/rubber

see the items when the

snake)

lights are turned on.

The ghostly grin of death

Thanks Heather for sharing

Sparks and Younger

did wreath. This set of

this wonderful tale!

Brownies – tend to be

gleaming pearly teeth.

somewhat afraid and may

(macaroni)

not want to handle the items – can be scary for them.

Slowly Schmear’s poor corpse grew cold. I give

Older Brownies and

you now his hand to hold.

Guides – love it

(rubber glove filled with cold wet sand)

Pathfinders – are getting a little too old for it however,

If only Schmear had been

Heather always had many

more wise. His head might

requests to read it to them.

now contain these eyes. (skinned grapes)

THE STORY Although they’re dry and Listen my children and you

brittle now. Schmear’s

will hear about a murder,

backbone once made courtly

which happened here. Upon

bows (turkey neck

a night both dark and drear

bones/thread spools strung

to a poor old man named

together)

Herbert Schmear…

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Quick International Ideas for November November 1 st and 2 nd are

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead in Latin

ceremonies. Follow the link

America!

below to make Mexican Paper Flowers.

• Do a quick wiki search on Day of the Dead. Are there

http://www.ehow.com/how_

other world cultures that

18195_make-mexican-

celebrate their dead?

paper.html

• Make a batch of salsa fresca and serve it with nachos at your meeting. • Marigolds are very important in the Mexican

Pathfinder – Night Scavenger Hunt Place the items in a field, or playing area where it is safe for the girls to play at night. It is ideal for a camp site. Divide the girls into teams of 3 5 players Provide the teams with a list of clues Let them have one flashlight per team, with the head of the flashlight covered with red cellophane Place the clues or pictures of the clues randomly along a route that covers the playing area

Some examples of clues and things hidden are: 1.

I cover a baked potato

2.

I am used to attach hat crafts to hats

3.

I stretch and stretch and stretch

4.

You can write notes on me

5.

You need me to write a note

6.

I am useful for campfires, and for building

7.

You should use this to fill your water bottle

8.

You eat me at campfires after roasting until golden Under my boughs you will be dry when it is raining

safety pin Elastic Paper Pen Wood

9. Give them a time limit and strict boundaries and let the teams find all the clues. You can have small prizes at each item or a piece of paper to identify that they found the item that they take with them. Make sure there is enough for everyone!

piece of foil wrap

10. Never pitch your tent too close to me

water

pump

Marshmallows tree river

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OCTOBER!

Craft Corner – Yarn Spider What you'll need:

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Black yarn

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Waxed paper

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Scissors

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White craft glue

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Paintbrush

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Toothpick

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Black paint

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2 yellow wiggle eyes

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Instant grab glue

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Fishing line (optional)

How to make it: 1. Cut eight pieces of black yarn, four inches in length each. Line a baking sheet or sturdy piece of cardboard with waxed paper. 2. Combine 2 tablespoons of white glue with one tablespoon of water and mix together. Place the eight pieces of yarn into the bowl of the glue mixture and move them around to be sure they are completely covered. 3. Remove yarn, one piece at a time, removing the excess glue

mixture with your fingers. Do not squeeze, you want there to be glue, you just don't want them dripping. Place each piece of yarn onto the waxed paper. 4. Bend each piece at a 90-degree angle to create the "knee". At one end of each of the pieces of yarn, bend a short piece to create the foot. Set aside. 5. Wrap black yarn around one finger. Remove it from your finger and continue wrapping and turning to make a yarn ball. Keep wrapping until the yarn ball measures about 1inch in diameter. Cover the yarn ball in glue mixture and place it on the waxed paper with the legs; set aside. 6. Wrap black yarn around two fingers. Continue wrapping, as your did above, to make a larger yarn ball, about 2-inches in diameter. Cover ball in glue mixture and place on waxed paper.

Allow the glue to dry completely; this could take a few hours. 7. Remove the items from the waxed paper. Peel off any waxed paper that sticks to the yarn. 8. Glue the head (smaller yarn ball) to the body (larger yarn ball). 9. Use a toothpick to poke a hole in the side of the spider where you want a leg to go. Wiggle the toothpick around in a circular fashion then remove the toothpick. Add a bit of instant grab glue to the end of the leg and insert into the "hole." Repeat for each leg. 10. Glue on wiggle eyes onto the face of the spider. 11. To cover up any remnants of waxed paper, touch up spider with black paint. 12. If you want to suspend your spider from the ceiling, tie a piece of fishing line around him and secure with glue.

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Province has a new Program Advisor Shake-Out Challenge

challenge on the

has recently taken on the role

will launch in

provincial website.

of the Provincial Program

January

Julie Thomson from Monashee

Advisor. She has already made a huge impact with a

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Julie is also looking for a ·

facebook group. Here’s what is new at Province:

GUEST 2012 will be

communications liason for

in Prince George at

the program committee.

UNB

If you are interested, please email

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Check out the

program@bc-

updated STEM

girlguides.org

Music Moment - Ghosties The woman stood at the

The woman to the ghosties

churchyard door,

said,

The ghosties to the woman

Woo-oo-oo-oo, Woo-oo-oo,

Woo-oo-oo-oo, Woo-oo-oo,

said,

She had not been there

"Will I be like you when I

before,

am dead?"

Woo-oo-oo-oo, Woo-oo-oo,

Woo-oo-oo-oo, Woo-oo-oo,

"Yaaaaaaaaa!"

Six ghoulish ghosties floated by, Woo-oo-oo-oo, Woo-oo-oo, They scared the woman and made her cry, Woo-oo-oo-oo, Woo-oo-oo,

We’re on the Web!

See us at:

www.thompsonnicolagirlguides.com

(Scream)